The Process, Rehearsals and Performance – Istituto Comprensivo Lucatelli

To create the work of art we started by researching the character of Giuseppe Lucatelli and the historical period. 

Students in computer room looking for information on Giuseppe Lucatelli

We were looking for information on the public and private life of Giuseppe Lucatelli connected with the historical period of the end of the 1700s. We were looking for information on the local tradition and the characters that Lucatelli met.

Community map of Tolentino

We studied the paintings and works created by Giuseppe Lucatelli in the different cities where he lived, we read the letters he wrote and analyzed his travels.

Students in the art workshop to copy “Portrait of a Young Woman” by Giuseppe Lucatelli

Letter that Giuseppe Lucatelli wrote to the priors of Tolentino requesting money

Through meetings with experts, we learned that a theatrical work can contain the true and the plausible.

Online meeting with the writer Lucia Tancredi

Online meeting with the set designer Stefano Genovese

Students from all the first grades of the school were involved with writing workshops to begin writing the narrative and then the screenplay which was divided into episodes and then into scenes.

The songs and incidental music were created based on the script.

At this point we have created the casting and rehearsal plan.

Rehearsals in the main hall with breathing exercises

We organized music and choreography workshops.

 Music and dance rehearsals

We chose the performers but, at the same time, the students  understood that even a small role has the same importance as a big role.

We had separate rehearsals for music, dance and acting and then rehearsals in sections.

Make-up workshop

Finally we did the general rehearsal  for the show.

Costume rehearsals for the choreography in gym

Rehearsals at Vaccaj Theatre in Tolentino

Show in Giuseppe Verdi Theatre in Pollenza

Final moment in Sanremo